Housing in OL3 5HY
What the homes in OL3 5HY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Diggle, Delph & Denshaw
- Council
- Oldham
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,034 (2024)
OL3 5HYOldham
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (38.9%). Flats make up 11.1%, well below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
67.4% of households in the OL3 5HY area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 10.2% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 41.6% own outright and 25.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned67.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership0%1%
- Private rented10.2%20.5%
- Social rented22.5%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 34% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged 66 or over (23.8%). 21.8% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Oldham
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Oldham (August 2026, +12.5% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around OL3 5HY (Diggle, Delph & Denshaw) (about 1,034 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.